Pro tip: the arrowhead I picked up in a creek near Athens, Texas in 2019 turned out to be a 3,000 year old Gary point, but a collector told me I should have left it in the water | Archaeology Discoveries

Nathan King · 2026-09-22T14:45:05.246007+00:00

Some archaeologists say taking surface finds out of context destroys the record, while others argue that cataloging and sharing them with researchers does more good than leaving them to erode, so I am honestly torn on whether I did the right thing.

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Pro tip: the arrowhead I picked up in a creek near Athens, Texas in 2019 turned out to be a 3,000 year old Gary point, but a collector told me I should have left it in the water | Archaeology Discoveries - The Design Community Hub